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ate, leaves smooth, pinnate palmate triparted 

 medial lobe large petiolate 3.51obed, lobes 

 oblong acute, lacmiate dentate, stipules oblonir 

 serrate, pamcle lax naked— in Tennessee and 

 West Kentucky, 2 or 3 feet high, flowers pur- 

 ple, probably blended with the last, chiefly dis- 

 tinct by lobes and panicle. 



296. Thec. ANGusTiFOLiA Raf. stem striate 

 flexuose, leaves palmate rugose, reticulate be- 

 neath, 5 to Tlobes lanceolate acuminate une- 

 qually serrate, stipules foliose laciniate, panicle 

 lax.— Mts. of North Carohna and Georgia, 

 very distinct by narrow lobes, flowers purplish. 



297. Thec. discolor Raf Spirea do P. &c, 

 stem angular sulcate, leaves subtrifoliate, lobes 

 ovate acuminate unequally serrate, white to- 

 mentose beneath, middle foliole cordate trifid, 

 some small pinnules interjected ovate sessile,' 



stipules small, panicle interrupted coarclate 



Apalachian mts. a beautiful sp. 1 or 2 feet high, 

 flowers white. 



298. BucHNERA LEvicAULis Raf. stem vir- 

 gate fistular quite smooth,above naked angular, 

 leaves remote narrow lanceolate entire acute 

 rough, spike short flowers alternate— Florida, 

 a very distinct sp. stem 2 feet high very slender 

 and smooth, leaves small uncial opposite sessile, 

 spike uncial, flowers few small sessile alternate, 

 bracts ovate acute half length of corolla. This 

 with 266 and 267, increase to 4 our N. Amer. 

 sp. they have probably all been blended in B, 

 americana which is quite distinct by roughness 

 and opposite flowers &c. They are all estiva), 

 growing in glades out of woods, and dry black 

 in herbarium. 



299. ECLIPTA of L. a good Monograph 

 of this Genus is much wanted, I shall attempt 



